I write to support and comment on the letter by Vivien Worlledge as published on 22 Dec'. I was office manager as well as Vice President of Greypower at the time.... Read More

I refer to the letter of R Paterson(23/12/2011) about the ‘Debt Mountain', sadly for Tauranga Ratepayers the information provided is only part of what is on... Read More

Had the Mayor and Council sat up at their desks and took notice of the ANZ bank chief three years ago instead of curled up under them, would we have had a 50% rate... Read More

So what is the good news for the 2012 New Year?Well, for starters we have learned that Smartgrowth has been given a new lease of life when everyone, including most... Read More

So, Sonny Boy Williams is at it again. SBW is playing the game he loves the best, playing to the media. In my mind he represents the worst of professional sportsmen.... Read More

Now is a very opportune time to visit the TCC financial lemons, with TCAL (Aquatics), TCVL (Stadium) having just reported very ugly financials and TCC ratepayers... Read More

Zounds! Shades of Ebenezer, Bah! Humbug! Pray, who does Ernest (Sun 16/12/2011) think consumes the slice of cake and glass of red, Robin and I place near the back... Read More

TCVL needed 'a letter of comfort” from TCC to then obtain sign off from Audit NZ for the year. This results directly from accumulating annual losses that have... Read More

The celebration of Christmas and also of Easter, has, as your correspondent writes, been commercialised. Both have been heavily overlaid with tinsel and tradition... Read More

Mr Ernest Izett's letter (16 Dec 2011) suggests that we should no longer embrace the spirit of Christmas, and refrain from brainwashing little children with nursery... Read More

In 2002 the Council had a debt of $52m from Route K. In 2011 the debt has escalated to an astronomical $450m which equates to about $50m per year of Mayor Stuart... Read More

I refer to the remark made by Carole Gordon recently. She said when she was asked to get involved with Grey Power it was without a committee and was in financial... Read More